When Martin was growing up, black and white people could not go to the same _____________________.
restaurants, bathrooms, water fountains, public parks, beaches, or swimming pools
What was unusual about Martin's years in high school?
He finished in two years when most students need four years.
Segregation means
Rules and laws that kept people of different races apart from each other.
MLK was killed when he tried to help sanitation workers demand better working conditions.
True
False
In what city and state was Martin born?
Atlanta, Georgia
When Martin came home upset one day, what did his mother tell him?
You are just as good as anyone. What's in your heart, not the color of your skin, is what really matters.
Rosa Parks was arrested and taken to jail.
True
False
What did Mrs. Parks refuse to do on the bus?
Surrender her seat to another passenger.
Integration means
Bringing together people of different races.
Describe the event from Martin's childhood that shaped his life.
The mother of his white friends told Martin he could no longer play with her children.
As a boy, what did Martin want to be when he grew up?
A minister of a church like his father.
Dr. King was arrested and taken to jail.
False
True
How did Dr. King help the African American bus riders in Birmingham, Alabama?
He organized a boycott so that no one would ride the city buses.
Name the woman whose actions helped to change bus laws in Birmingham, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
Martin's mother taught him to read before he started school.
False
True
What job did Martin's father have?
He was the minister of a church.
What did Martin study in college?
Religion or Divinity (the study of how people worship).
Dr. King believed that all people can learn to ___________________.
live in peace, respect each other, get along together.
In what month was Dr. King born?
January
October
December
February
Many people disagreed with Dr. King's ideas and tried to stop him.
False
True